Clues for the word "ROPES"
We've had 116 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 179 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 30, 2025.
Referring Clues
- Buntlines, e.g.
- Subject of sailors' knowledge
- Items in bell towers
- Trainees learn these
- Hornswoggles, with "in"
- They're shown to a novice
- Draws (in)
- Basic procedures, informally
- Trainees are shown these
- On the ___ (close to defeat)
- Boxing ring sights
- Boxing ring boundaries
- Know the ___
- Bobstays, e.g.
- Lassos
- Entices, with "in"
- Strong cords
- Encloses, with "off"
- Rock climbers' needs
- They ring rings
- Operational details, informally
- Boxing ring borders
- Standard procedures, with "the"
- Ins and outs
- Double Dutch needs
- Bell ringers
- It's good to know them
- Learning the ___ (getting trained)
- Lariats
- Catches, rodeo-style
- Boxing boundaries
- Thick cords
- Cow catchers
- Some gym equipment
- Ring boundaries
- Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" supporters
- What rookies need to learn
- Performs in a rodeo
- Something to be learned (with "the")
- What trainees need to learn
- Boxer's refuge, perhaps
- Boxing-ring boundaries
- Catches, as dogies
- What tyros must learn
- What a boxer might be on
- Learning the ___ (getting trained)
- Boxing ring border
- Cords
- Basic procedures, idiomatically
- Rodeo gear
- Lassoes
- Ring edges
- Job ABCs, so to speak
- Scaling needs
- They're shown to a trainee
- Specialized procedures, so to speak
- They're shown to novices
- Catches, as calves
- What rookies are shown, with "the"
- Ins and outs, so to speak
- Riatas, e.g.
- Things to be learned, with 'the'
- Boxing-ring features
- Rodeo needs
- Procedures to learn, informally, with "the"
- They're shown to trainees
- 35 Down equipment
- Lassos (a bronco)
- Flexible tools
- Trainee basics, so to speak
- Ring border
- Tug-of-war cords
- Secures, as an area, with "off"
- What penniless band is up against
- Hawsers
- There are no knotty problems if you know them
- Guys possibly helping to make Europe secure
- What experts know - their onions?
- One knows them to be well-informed
- Moors with good way to speak English succeeded taking lead in Othello
- Binders known by old hands
- Escape artist's props
- Obstacle-course items
- Prose composition benefits from their knowledge
- Maybe stays in quarantine in Cairo pesthouse?
- They must be known to be experienced
- Strings out prose
- Borders of boxing rings
- Cord relatives
- Roundup gear
- Things to learn, with "the"
- Strong thick cords
- Catches at a rodeo
- Training metaphor
- Boat securers
- What some wedding rings resemble
- Velvet barriers
- They're shown to newbies
- Ins and outs, with "the"
- Word after "on the" and "learn the"
- What pros know, with "the"
- Catches on the range
- Climber's gear
- Gear for Double Dutch
- Basic knowledge, with "the"
- What newcomers learn, with "the"
- Dutch requirements
- Wrestling ring border
- Double Dutch gear
- Cattle catchers
- What pros know, with "the"
- Metaphorical knowledge
- Hammock composition, perhaps
- Lures (in)
- Drags (in)
- What a new hire might learn, with "the"
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 30, 2025
- USA Today - March 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 08, 2025
- New York Times - February 06, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 14, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 27, 2024
- New York Times - September 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 31, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 26, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 13, 2024
- USA Today - March 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - January 03, 2024
- LA Times - May 31, 2023
- USA Today - April 25, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 20, 2022
- New York Times - August 25, 2022
- New York Times - January 07, 2022
- Guardian Quick - February 02, 2018
- Daily Cryptic - January 03, 2018
- Rock n Roll Crossword - November 26, 2017
- Mirror Classic - October 24, 2017
- New York Times - August 01, 2017
- Netword - July 26, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - June 16, 2017
- Netword - May 15, 2017
- USA Today - May 02, 2017
- And in 149 more crossword puzzles...